Name: Marixanthomonas ophiurae Romanenko et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.phi.u.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. ophiurae, of Ophiura, a genus of invertebrates belonging to the class Ophiuroidea, the source of isolation of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 14121; KMM 3046; NRIC 684

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16S rRNA gene: AB261012 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Romanenko LA, Uchino M, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV. Marixanthomonas ophiurae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a deep-sea brittle star. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:457-462.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Marixanthomonas Romanenko et al. 2007. Publication: Romanenko LA, Uchino M, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV. Marixanthomonas ophiurae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a deep-sea brittle star. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:457-462.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the etymology provided by Romanenko et al. 2007, the genus Ophiura is erroneously cited as a class ("N.L. gen. n. ophiurae, of Ophiura, a class of invertebrates belonging to the Ophiuroidea, the source of isolation of the type strain"). Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Marixanthomonas Romanenko et al. 2007

Assigned by: Romanenko LA, Uchino M, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV. Marixanthomonas ophiurae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a deep-sea brittle star. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:457-462.

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